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Extracted Attributes

• Full Name

  Lee Michael Zeldin

• Raised In

  Suffolk County, New York, United States

• Law School

  Albany Law School (Juris Doctor, 2003)

• Profession

  Attorney, Politician, Army Intelligence Officer

• High School

  William Floyd High School, Mastic Beach, New York (Graduated 1998)

• Bar Admission

  New York State Bar (January 2004, youngest attorney in state at 23 years old)

• Date of Birth

  1980-01-30

• Military Unit

  82nd Airborne Division

• Military Roles

  Military Intelligence Officer, Federal Prosecutor, Military Magistrate

• Place of Birth

  East Meadow, New York, United States

• Political Party

  Republican Party, Conservative Party

• Military Service

  US Army (Active Duty, Army Reserves)

• Caucus Leadership

  Co-chairman, House Republican Israel Caucus (over 100 members)

• Undergraduate Education

  State University of New York at Albany (B.A. Political Science, cum laude, 2001)

• Political Affiliation Detail

  One of two Jewish Republicans in Congress

• Key Congressional Achievement

  Successful effort to save Plum Island

• Congressional Committees Served

  House Foreign Affairs Committee (8 years), House Financial Services Committee (6 years)

• State Senate Committees Served (2013-14 Session)

  Chairman of Senate Standing Committee on Consumer Protection; Member of Veterans, Military Affairs and Homeland Security, Higher Education, Transportation, Judiciary, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Investigations and Government Operations, and Aging Committees

Timeline

• Born in East Meadow, New York, United States. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  1980-01-30

• Graduated from William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach, New York. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search Results)

  1998

• Received a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the State University of New York at Albany. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search Results)

  2001

• Received a Juris Doctor from Albany Law School. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search Results)

  2003-05

• Admitted to the New York State Bar, becoming the youngest attorney in the state at 23 years old. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search Results)

  2004-01

• Deployed to Iraq with an infantry battalion of the 82nd Airborne Division in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2006 Summer

• Returned to Suffolk County and transitioned from Active Duty to the Army Reserves. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2007

• Elected to the New York State Senate. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2010

• Served as a member of the New York State Senate from the 3rd Senate district. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2011-2014

• Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2014

• Represented New York's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2015-2023

• Announced his candidacy for Governor of New York in 2022. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2021-04

• Was the Republican and Conservative Party nominee for Governor of New York, losing to incumbent Kathy Hochul but achieving the highest percentage of the vote for a Republican gubernatorial nominee since 2002 and the highest raw vote total since 1970. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2022

• Nominated by President Donald Trump for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2024-11

• Confirmed by the Senate and sworn in as the 17th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2025-01-29

• As EPA Administrator, Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions taken by the agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office. (Source: Web Search Results)

  2025-04-30

Lee Zeldin

Lee Michael Zeldin (born January 30, 1980) is an American attorney, politician, and former Army intelligence officer who has been serving as the 17th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since January 29, 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he represented New York's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023. From 2011 to 2014, Zeldin served as a member of the New York State Senate from the 3rd Senate district. A close ally of President Donald Trump, Zeldin prominently defended Trump during his first impeachment hearings concerning the Trump–Ukraine scandal. In April 2021, Zeldin announced his candidacy for Governor of New York in 2022. He defeated three challengers in the Republican primary, becoming the nominee of the Republican Party and the Conservative Party. Zeldin lost the election to incumbent governor Kathy Hochul while receiving the highest percentage of the vote for a Republican gubernatorial nominee since 2002 and the highest raw vote total for a Republican gubernatorial nominee since 1970. In November 2024, Zeldin was nominated for Administrator of the EPA as part of the second administration of President Donald Trump. He was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in on January 29, 2025. During his tenure at the EPA, Zeldin has reframed the purpose of the agency and pushed for substantial environmental deregulation.

Web Search Results

• The Honorable Lee Zeldin | Team - America First Policy Institute

  Lee Zeldin is the current Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and a former United States Congressman, representing New York’s First Congressional District from 2015-2023. Most recently, Zeldin sent shockwaves across the nation after nearly winning the New York Gubernatorial campaign as a Republican, receiving more votes than any Republican statewide since Nelson Rockefeller 52 years earlier. With Lee running strong at the top of the ticket, Republicans were able to flip [...] Following four years in the State Senate, Lee Zeldin was elected to Congress in 2014 where he served eight years on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and six years on the House Financial Services Committee. As one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress, Representative Zeldin was a co-chairman of the House Republican Israel Caucus, which had over 100 members. He championed many important local priorities for his district, including the successful effort to save Plum Island, a large number of [...] Congressman Lee Zeldin grew up in Suffolk County, New York, where he graduated from William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach. Congressman Zeldin graduated from the State University of New York at Albany (SUNY) and then Albany Law School. At just 23 years old, Lee Zeldin was sworn into the New York State Bar, making him the youngest attorney in the state.

• Who Is Lee Zeldin? | Sierra Club

  Zeldin is a politician and military officer who grew up in New York’s Suffolk County. From 2015 to 2023, he represented New York’s First District (eastern Long Island) in Congress, where he sat on the House Foreign Affairs and Financial Services Committees. Before that, he served for four years in the New York state senate. In 2022, he ran for governor of New York against Democrat Kathy Hochul, a race that he lost by six points. [...] Dana Drugmand is a freelance environmental journalist covering topics such as climate accountability and climate change lawsuits, greenwashing and false climate solutions, plastics and petrochemicals, and environmental law and justice. In addition to Sierra, her writing has appeared in DeSmog, The New Lede, YES! Magazine, New Internationalist, Common Dreams, Truthout, and Earth Island Journal, among other outlets. ## Related Articles # Photo by Ben Margot/AP File [...] President-elect Donald Trump’s selection to lead the Environmental Protection Agency is, in a word, unexpected. The appointment announced on November 11—in which the Trump transition team erroneously referred to the EPA as the “Environmental Protective Agency”—was not an energy industry lobbyist like Andrew Wheeler or a MAGA insider like Mandy Gunasekara, who authored the EPA chapter of Project 2025. Instead, Trump chose Lee Zeldin, a little-known former Republican congressman from Long Island,

• Lee Zeldin - Wikipedia

  After Trump lost the 2020 presidential election and made false claims of fraud, Zeldin was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus curiae in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the election, in which Biden defeated Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing "Standing (law)") under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the [...] Zeldin was born in East Meadow, New York, the son of Merrill Schwartz and David Zeldin. He was raised in Suffolk County, New York, and graduated from William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach, New York, in 1998. He also attended Hebrew school. Zeldin received a bachelor's degree in political science from the SUNY University at Albany in 2001. He received a Juris Doctor from Albany Law School in May 2003. In 2004, he was admitted to the New York State Bar. [...] | New York State Senate | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Preceded by Brian X. Foley | Member of the New York Senate from the 3rd district 2011–2014 | Succeeded by Thomas Croci | | U.S. House of Representatives | | | | Preceded by Tim Bishop | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district 2015–2023 | Succeeded by Nick LaLota | | Party political offices | | |

• EPA Celebrates 100 Days with 100 Environmental Actions | US EPA

  BOSTON - (Apr. 30, 2025) – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a recap of 100 environmental actions taken by the agency during President Trump's First 100 Days in office, including the record Phase 1 hazardous materials clean up after the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires, the announcement of major actions to combat PFAS contamination, redevelopment at 21 Superfund sites across 13 states and removal of all, or a portion of 4 sites from the

• Lee Zeldin - The New York State Senate

  Lee Zeldin was elected to the State Senate in 2010. After graduating from William Floyd High School in Suffolk County, Lee earned not only his bachelor's degree, cum laude, in Political Science, from the State University of New York at Albany, but also his Juris Doctorate from Albany Law School. Lee passed the New York State bar exam; and was sworn in to the New York State Bar, at just 23 years old, in January 2004 -- the youngest attorney in New York State, at that time.Lee spent four years on [...] Utica, to continue to expand and grow, create jobs and keep the price of New York's craft beer competitive.For the 2013-14 Session, Senator Zeldin serves as Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Consumer Protection. He also serves on the following committees: Veterans, Military Affairs and Homeland Security, Higher Education, Transportation, Judiciary, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, Investigations and Government Operations, and Aging.Lee resides in Shirley, with his wife, [...] Active Duty with the US Army and served in different capacities including as a Military Intelligence Officer, Federal Prosecutor and Military Magistrate. In the summer of 2006, while assigned to the Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division, Lee deployed to Iraq with an infantry battalion of fellow paratroopers in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.In 2007, Lee returned to Suffolk County with his family. It was at this time, he transitioned from Active Duty to the Army Reserves, where he currently